Fruit-jar.



Patented Oct. 7, I902. J. TCHERNIAC.

FRUIT JAIL. 7 (Application filed my 2, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEICE.

JOSEPH TCHERNIAC, OF FREIBURG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ERNESTTHEOPHILUS LIEFIELD, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

FRUIT-JAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,818, dated October'7, 1902. Application filed May 2, 1902. Serial No. 105,600. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: of a clip made from a single piece of wireand Be it known that I, JOSEPH TOHERNIAC, a consisting of a straightreach or body portion citizen of the Republic of France, and a resi- 7and two downwardly-turned arms 8, the dent of Freiburg, in the GrandDuchy of ends of which terminate in eyes 9, formed by Baden, Empire ofGermany, have invented a coiling the ends of the wire inward. The

new and useful Improvement in Fruit-Jars; reach 7 of the clip enters agroove 10, extendand I do hereby declare the following, when ingdiametrically across the upper surface taken in connection with theaccompanying of the cap, while the eyes 9 engage with the drawings, andthe figures of reference marked bevel 11, formed upon the outer edgeofthe to thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact derim 2. The clip isproportioned so that it scription of the same, and which said drawcannotbe applied to the jar and cap without ings constitute part of thisspecification, and putting it under enough tension to cause itrepresent, in to constantly draw the cap down upon the Figure1,a-brokenview,in side elevation, of sealing-surface 5. In closing the jar or in r5 a fruit-jar constructed in accordance with my opening it the cap orcover is slid horizon invention; Fig. 2, a detached plan View of tallyon the rim. The clip is applied to the the cap and clip, the brokenlines in this figcap before the sameis slid upon the rim,with ureshowing the horizontal movement of the the beveled edge of which theeyes of its arms cap in being applied to or removed from the willengage, so that the body or reach of the 2o jar; Fig. 3, a broken Viewof the jar in verclip will turn somewhat and the arms lag beticalsection. hind. Then when the cap is fully in place Myinvention relatesto an improvementin the arms will be pushed forward until theyfruit-jars, the object being to produce at a low stand in a verticalplane. When the cap is cost of manufacture a simple, durable, conslid inone direction or the other to remove 25 venient, and effective jarconstructed with it from the jar, the arms will lag behind in particularreference to avoiding the use of the opposite direction from which thecap is rubber gaskets and to preventing the entrance being moved. intothe contents of the jar of any germs. It will be seen from the foregoingdescrip- With these ends in view myinvention contion that my improvedjar requires only two 30 sists in a fruit-jar having certain details ofindependent parts-namely, the cap and the construction and combinationsof parts, as clipand that the jar and the cap and the will behereinafter described, and pointed out clip are of extremely simpleconstruction and in the claim. operation. While it is not claimed thatthe In carryingoutmyinventionIforma flange jar when closed is strictlyair tight it is 3 or overhanging rim 2 at the top of the neck 3 claimedthat it is very nearly air-tight and of an ordinary glass jar 4:. Theupper face quite germ-proof and that fruits contained in of this rim isground perfectly flat in a horithe jar will be preserved for a long timewithzontal plane, so as to form a sealing-surface out loss of freshnessof flavor and without any 5, which forms a smooth bearing for and a ofthe impairment of flavor which invariably 4o germ-proof seal with theouter portion of the accompanies the use of rubber in any form l lowersurface of a sliding disk-like cover or in connection with the sealingof a jar concap 6, made of porcelain, glass, or some other taining fruitor fruit-juices. vitrified material. Preparatory to closing the Havingfully described my invention, what jar the sealing-surface 5 ispreferably smeared I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 45with Vaseline or equivalent substance, after Patent, is 5 which the capis secured in place. This may The combination with a jarhaving its neckor may not seal thejar against the entrance formed with a rim, the uppersurface of which of air; but it will seal the jar against the enisground in a horizontal plane to form a pertrance into it of all germs.To secure the fectly fiat sealing-surface, and the outer edge 530 cap inplace, I employ a fastener in the form of which is beveled, of aslidingdisk-like vit- 1G0 rifled cap having its lower surface made smooth toform a close joint with the said ground sealing-surface and having agroove extending across its upper surface, and a wire clip comprising areach which enters the said groove, and two downwardly-extending armswhich engage under tension with the said beveled edge, whereby the capis drawn down into close engagement with the said :0 groundsealing-surface, on which the cap is slid horizontally in closing and inopening the jar.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH TOHERNIAO.

Witnesses ARSENE BRAUN, I-IERMANN ALBRIKER.

